The Story Behind the Black Hills The Heart of Everything That Is is what the Black Hills have been known as to the Lakota, or Lakota Sioux, tribe. This location has been a sacred area for several indigenous tribes in South Dakota for hundreds of years. However, you might know this site as Mount […]
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The Partition is known to be the world’s largest mass migration, displacing 14 million people and killing another million. Following the British Raj’s withdrawal from undivided India in August 1947, the Radcliffe Line was drawn between the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan. The task of demarcating the boundary between India and Pakistan was […]
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And so I write to my Rabb this time… Whenever August rolls around I become numb. From the Partition to Article 370, and the martyrdom of Imam Hussain. I can’t help but cry uncontrollably. August is the month I pour my grief onto the prayer mat. I stay there for hours until my tears turn […]
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Initiating with the radical transparency that she will thus continue, it is 2011 when Tea’s reproductive odyssey commences. A former sex worker, recovered addict, and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award For Lesbian Fiction, Tea writes candidly about her struggles with mental health, her many heartbreaks, and her joyful promiscuity. Lauded by queer media such […]
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Featured Image: Justynn Roque and Alec Boyle Five years ago, a determined young woman from Colombia moved to Canada with large aspirations and a drive to make a difference in our world. She thought the very idea of becoming the next Vivenne Westwood was such an out-out-pocket and unrealistic career option, and after considering her […]
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“I’m a thousand different people. Every one is real.” She was an up-and-coming actress in Hollywood, a central figure in Andy Warhol’s Factory, and a muse of the Velvet Underground. Candy Darling was a fixed figure within the pop-culture scene of the late 60s and early 70s, who left her impact as a larger-than-life trans […]
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Featured Image: Aarabhi London As I look down on the row of colourful, translucent microbeads laying gently alongside one another, selectively chosen and delicately situated to create a beautiful design, a sense of relief and gratitude floods my body as I recognize that the individual who took the time to bring this intricate garment to […]
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Featured Image: Kajal Magazine From traditional folktales to iconic fables, storytelling has been a powerful tool that has played a fundamental role in shaping human civilization into what it is today. For the founder of Kajal Magazine, Nadya Agrawal, writing and sharing her stories has been her preferred form of expression for as long as […]
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King Crimson is an English progressive rock band formed in 1968, renown for its experimental style and approaches to music. It is also one of my favourite bands ever — their music definitely isn’t for everyone, but I would encourage people to give it a shot regardless! Their stylistic choices make it so that even […]
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